Amazon's Phone Has Already Fixed The Most Annoying Thing About My iPhonehttp://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-phone-free-photo-storage-2014-6/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:01:28 -0400Henry Blodgethttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a4bc476bb3f7e778228d8cSumocatFri, 20 Jun 2014 18:57:11 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a4bc476bb3f7e778228d8c
"I take a lot of pictures with my iPhone. And, for two reasons, I don't like deleting those pictures. First, I like looking at them. Second, I worry that if I delete them, I'll somehow lose them forever." -- How do you get paid to report on tech, yet manage your digital photos like an old lady? Here's what I do: Photo Stream syncs all my photos to my PC at full size (1,000 limit only applies to cloud storage). I do this on two PCs, but one of them auto-uploads to Evernote. That's two local, one offsite copy of all my photos at full size before I offload them from my iPhone, which is yet another copy, plus the temp that sits in iCloud. Stop worrying about losing photos and solve your problem.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a34d776bb3f7550d9b0929Name (not) RequiredThu, 19 Jun 2014 16:52:07 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a34d776bb3f7550d9b0929
fair enough about the kids and family vids and such, this is not a boat i'm in with you...and apple could afford to, but its a matter of do they want to and do they feel the need tohttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a34281ecad04f20c2093aaBIThu, 19 Jun 2014 16:05:21 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a34281ecad04f20c2093aa
DISCLAIMER: Amazon pays our bills and we return the favour by likcing the b@allshttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3419beab8ea86726c4130Nobody!Thu, 19 Jun 2014 16:01:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3419beab8ea86726c4130
because ANYTHING that you upload to flickr is flickrs, same goes with google. so why can't you just pay and get it. You need every thing for free and your PRIVACY TOO!!! GEEZ!! ppl these days!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a33eb26bb3f7cb51fbfe79ha haThu, 19 Jun 2014 15:49:06 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a33eb26bb3f7cb51fbfe79
"But I've already told you I don't like to do that." Give me my free storage, nooooow!
(stomping sound)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a334b469bedd702cdfb228katmandoo122Thu, 19 Jun 2014 15:06:28 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a334b469bedd702cdfb228
"No, that is not enough to make me dump my iPhone and buy an Amazon phone. I've been waiting three years for a big-screened iPhone, and I'm not going to switch platforms now when I'm on the verge of finally getting one."
And THAT is why you will never get what you want from Apple. You've waited three years - long enough to leave and come back under a new contract - but didn't. Why would Apple give away something that it doesn't need to when sycophantic customers can't leave. Drug addicts don't get breaks - only the first timers. If you can't break your habit, don't expect your dealer to wake up tomorrow and be generous.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a33259eab8ea733a6c4131Disqus is a better platform Thu, 19 Jun 2014 14:56:25 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a33259eab8ea733a6c4131
I use boxhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3310069bedd8719dfb225ListenThu, 19 Jun 2014 14:50:40 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3310069bedd8719dfb225
All "journalists" at BI are under 25. So all "articles" will be stupid, childish and ignorant. Just stop reading this stupid rag. I read it once every few weeks and still get annoyed by stupid "articles".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3269169beddde6adfb229NotYouThu, 19 Jun 2014 14:06:09 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3269169beddde6adfb229
^Someone forgot their meds today.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a324e8ecad049f7f25a673KnowBetterThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:59:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a324e8ecad049f7f25a673
"Yes, I understand that "cloud storage" solves this problem, and I use cloud storage.
Read more: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-phone-free-photo-storage-2014-6#ixzz356ndfYKu" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.businessinsider.com/amazons-phone-free-photo-storage-2014-6#ixzz356ndfYKu</a>
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Fucking Apple people. Sometimes you just want to shake them! And shake the people that hire them to write about tech even harder. It's amazing that someone actually pays them enough money to actually afford the 300% markup added on to Apple products.
*Sigh* A persons IQ isn't the end all when it comes to a persons worth so I'll help the writer:
TRANSFER THE PICTURES TO YOUR COMPUTER AND BACK THEM UP.
By the way, Cloud storage is free with Amazon, Dropbox, Google and many many others. Yes, Virginia, Apple is just taking advantage of you. Why? Because they are greedy and already know (because you have an Apple device that you paid too much for and doesn't work as well as others) you are an easy mark.
Now, you are also making it hard on the rest of us. Like bottled water. Once businesses realize that a small portion of the public is willing to pay a few hundred times the worth of something that has a lower value that what they were selling previously , those are the only people they want as customers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a321706bb3f7df67fbfe74dlorenzetThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:44:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a321706bb3f7df67fbfe74
Do you have any clue why Amazon really wants to give you all that FREE space for your photos? It's because they will be able to data mine all those images and constantly use them to draw conclusions about your, your life style and all the products they can serve up to you over time as a consumer. Believe me, you will be paying for that space in more ways than one. And they make no guarantee that your privacy is safe from their prying eyes. Apple won't go that route because they are not mining their customers and they take your privacy seriously. That's the big difference between Apple versus Amazon & Google.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31fbeeab8eacf726c4130newbietechThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:37:02 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31fbeeab8eacf726c4130
But this does make me think even more fondly of Amazon.....maii prreeshousss.....http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31efaecad042c6225a677vafer2kThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:33:46 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31efaecad042c6225a677
this is definitely cool. I hope it works well. no problem paying around $100/yr for 1TB if they make it convenient and don't try to do some weird lock in shenanigans.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31e84eab8ea6b6b6c4138vafer2kThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:31:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31e84eab8ea6b6b6c4138
"I wish Apple would make the decision that Amazon just did, which is to sacrifice some near-term profit to engender long-term customer loyalty and lock-in."
Are you kidding me? Apple customers are some of the most loyal of any brand. I do agree that the iCloud sucks huevos.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31987ecad04ea4f25a673Sebastian BartlettThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:10:31 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a31987ecad04ea4f25a673
You really don't know anything about phones. There is something called a micros card which has been available for years on android especially Samsung phones which solved this storage issue.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a318eb6bb3f74947fbfe74AnonyThu, 19 Jun 2014 13:07:55 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a318eb6bb3f74947fbfe74
Don't agree. I have apps that I use + apps for my children since I sometimes need to give them the phone to keep them engaged. I take photos and videos - and I like to keep a bunch on my phone to play to my children - while they're eating... or I need to keep them engaged.
Even if I delete most of them before going to a disneyland, the storage runs out once you take some good quality videos. It is a valid use case & I face storage problems very often.
With storage getting cheaper by the day - HDD from Seagate/WesternDigital are going at around $80 for 1.5 TB at Costco. This is retail pricing with decent profit margin provisions. Apple can afford to give 1 TB HDD space at $50 additional pricing. They can easily have the software segregate Flash vs. HD storage for optimizing storage use.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3143769beddd922dfb227Name (not) RequiredThu, 19 Jun 2014 12:47:51 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3143769beddd922dfb227
i've never come remotely close to running out of storage space on my 16GB iPone 5....i take a good amount of pictures, as well as have a decent amount of music and apps...how is this possible you ask....i regularly sync my phone, swapping out the music playlists, i delete apps i try but never use or older ones i no longer use with regularity, and i have iPhoto delete the photos from my phone after they're transferred to my mac...how lazy (disguised as a desire for more convenience) are people nowadays that these things are such a hassle to do??http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3076c6bb3f7e302fbfe75hammermanThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:53:16 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3076c6bb3f7e302fbfe75
You can get a 64gb MicroSD for about $32-40 (class 10) or a 32gb MicoSD (class 10) for about $14-18.
SanDisk launched a 128gb micro SD and Amazon sells it for $120. Just wait a few months to a year and it will be $40-60....
Storage is not an issue unless your an ignorant apple user. It's very cheap as well.
While others are stuck paying for cloud storage eating up data plans or need a Wi-Fi connection to access their own content.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a30534eab8eaaf0a6c4134Nokia uploads to OneDriveThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:43:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a30534eab8eaaf0a6c4134
My Nokia phone automatically uploads the camera roll to OneDrive. I can then download to my PC, archive to a USB stick for second backup, etc. It's all free. Why would anyone pay for photo storage?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a305086bb3f7957cfbfe74TTXNETThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:43:04 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a305086bb3f7957cfbfe74
I see the point but at the same time this is indicative of a bit of laziness on the part of the user. I take a lot of photos too, but i simply download them to my iMac and back them up to my 1TB drive. I know you're in the business having a publishing (internet type) company and all but jeez man, hard drive space is super cheep now.
Take the extra 10 minutes and download them to your local computer drive. I have 64GB Iphone 4 and have had it for almost 2 years and it hovers around 65% full because I do this. I still have my 2nd gen and use it for treadmill music. Why in the world would I jump to yet another phone simply because I cannot carry around 200GB of photos? Seriously, why? My son is ramping up his photography hobby, kid takes pictures of the freakin cat napping for cryin out loud. When his DS camera fills up, I tell him to dump it to his iMac. I have not had him complain about the lack of space to where he needs another 1000.00 camera. actually mine since his income, well comes from me.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3029069beddc860dfb225dot_compostThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:32:32 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3029069beddc860dfb225
I dunno. I think they are to be applauded for finding a revenue stream. You piss away forty dollars on lattes. They figuire, their our servers, we pay the bills...so pay me!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a301716bb3f7316bfbfe76Dan StatesThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:27:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a301716bb3f7316bfbfe76
Android has offered this for years. On my nexus 4 I have unlimited storage of pictures. It's not a new inventionhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3003b69bedd7756dfb225Free?Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:22:35 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a3003b69bedd7756dfb225
"Free" storage perhaps subsidized by the $600M cloud contract Amazon won from the CIA a few months back? You can trust they'll keep the CIA out of your cloud. Quick upload away all your personal data...it's free! uuggh, little sheeple.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a300276bb3f7c36afbfe74crovic07Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:22:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a300276bb3f7c36afbfe74
Pretty pathetic how this site has become a way to appease your investors by touting their products that aren't even that great to begin with. If Bezos wasn't an investor, would this article be the top one on the page?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2ffd9eab8ea62736c4134ampersandThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:20:57 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2ffd9eab8ea62736c4134
Henry, but you sold your iPhone to buy Amazon's phone?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2fe2269bedd4c4adfb225AndroidUpdateCoThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:13:38 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2fe2269bedd4c4adfb225
Android solved this problem a long time ago with Picasa and Google Drive.
But since Larry Page & Sergey Brin didn't invest in BI like Jeff Bezos did, Android/Google do not enjoy the same free promo's like Amazon & Apple do on BI. :-)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2fb5beab8eadf6a6c4132Ben_C_Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:01:47 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2fb5beab8eadf6a6c4132
there are a million ways to store photos on the cloud, everytime i take a photo it goes straight to Dropbox and google drive automatically.
Also just take less pictures and you dont have a storage problem put the phone down at dinner no need to take food photos everyday.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2fb1becad048f6125a673AMAZON'S PHONE IS GARBAGE AND BI IS OWNED BY AMAZONThu, 19 Jun 2014 11:00:43 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2fb1becad048f6125a673
HENRY SELLS OUT
GARBAGE OLD ANDROID PHONE
THIS IS NOT THE FIRST STEP TOWARDS ANYTHING
THIS PHONE IS A LOSER
IT WILL NOT SELL
AND IT WILL BRAND AMAZON A MAKER OF LOSER PHONES
AMAZON CAN TRY AGAIN AND THEY WILL.... BUT THIS IS NOT THE PHONE THAT WILL MATTER
AND THAT BUTTON ON THE SIDE TO CHECK PRICING -- IS THAT FOR LITTLE OLD LADIES ??????
ITS LAUGHABLEhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f9b4eab8eaa75f6c4132Michael AlexanderThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:54:44 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f9b4eab8eaa75f6c4132
Blah, blah, blah. First two grafs states the obvious and are a complete waste of the reader's time. The lead is buried in the third graf.
Plenty of cloud storage companies provide free storage. Why whine that Apple doesn't?
I don't know what's worse: To be bored with fat, lazy writing or waste time reading an uniformative article. Yawn.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f8506bb3f7ec4bfbfe76Ryo CookThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:48:48 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f8506bb3f7ec4bfbfe76
Well you could have had this with every Android phone.
I don't know, does it take Amazon to wake up up? Those are no knew features, like enough and brilliant integrated cloud storage.
But on the other side of the ocean, which will have to wait for a long period anyways, they step back from the cloud because of the NSA surveillance and privacy concerns. If you don't care you could have this for many years.
Looks like it takes another closed, proprietary system to draw attention to the universe outside of Apple's. The Dinosaurs don't trust openness, unless they extinct.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f5b96bb3f77c41fbfe74LilguyThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:37:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f5b96bb3f77c41fbfe74
Hmmmmm...
Why not by a dial phone and hang it on the wall. If you want to get frisky, make it a cordless phone. Then you won't be bothered by calls in meetings, while your driving, etc.
Then go out and buy yourself a cheap film camera. All the pictures you take and develop will be FREE FOREVER. OK, the photos might fade into oblivion, but so will all of us eventually.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f4c0ecad04fc4725a677hypcocritesThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:33:36 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f4c0ecad04fc4725a677
Combine dropbox and google drive and you have lost of free storage.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f36969bedd6a1adfb22ddepressionThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:27:53 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f36969bedd6a1adfb22d
*I should also note that in my time on the Internet I've seen free unlimited storage shrink to 200GB's then 50 , then 20 and the next thing you know the hosting site is gone along with all of your "free and unlimited data storage"http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f288ecad04854425a671BHThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:24:08 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f288ecad04854425a671
Y E Shttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f25c6bb3f70233fbfe77depressionThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:23:24 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f25c6bb3f70233fbfe77
"If I get an Amazon phone, all my photos will be stored forever, for free, by a company that is really good at cloud services."
Your thinking is endemic of society today ...(but to be fair I'm sure you understand all of this , I'm just using you as an example today)
Please write an article about all of the "guarantees" in this world that are suppose to be forever ,from banking all the way down to a person's auto warranty from a fly by night car dealership. ..
Polish pensions, Greek Pensions, Cyprus bank deposits, sovereign bonds ....This notion that things will always be there , that they will continue on forever without change is so amazingly common in American society that to this day I still Find it shocking ...
Nothing is forever and rarely are good things free .http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f1816bb3f7db2efbfe7bBeltway GregThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:19:45 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f1816bb3f7db2efbfe7b
"Typically Amazonian long-term attack." How many years does Bezos get to make this company profitable and when will people see that these are desperation moves? Hard to justify Amazon at $50/share.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f163ecad042e3d25a674BrettBerchtoldThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:19:15 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f163ecad042e3d25a674
I see what you're saying, but Apple just announced the new iCloud storage plans that will come out in the Fall with the release of iOS 8 and OSX Yosemite. 200GB comes in at just $3.99 per month. 20 GB is $0.99 per month.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f0826bb3f78030fbfe74Eric BlomsThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:15:30 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2f0826bb3f78030fbfe74
Typo:
And Flickr doesn't automatically story my photos right away.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2ef80eab8ea82366c4134brianmonroeThu, 19 Jun 2014 10:11:12 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/53a2ef80eab8ea82366c4134
I agree 100% I do not get why Apple does not give you 1TB of space at least. If Yahoo can do it with Flickr, why can they not do it?